New from our good friend Jim Sorenson over at the Disciples of Boltax Blog, a new post regarding a very intriguing piece of Transformers history that will be auctioned off for a great cause. Jim writes that a group of fans recently pooled their resources together to purchase an early, draft script from the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie. The script, dated April 27, 1985, reveals that while many of the key scenes in the movie were already set, many details in the story were envisioned quite differently.

Below is an excerpt of the script from the Disciples of Boltax post that highlight a grizzly Autobot death during the Battle of Autobot City

Disciples of Boltax wrote:ON AUTOBOT BANDas we see Blaster in command. With him are WINDCHARGER, MIRAGE andGEARS and all are practically back to back, FIRING UP ATSURROUNDING DECEPTICONS

BLASTERThen throw somethin' at 'em, babe!Man, there ain't nothin' no Decepticon'sgonna get from me but flame and shame!Yo!

ANOTHER ANGLE - GEARSas Cyclonus swoops past and BOMBS GEARS TO PIECES, the force ofthe blast THROWS WINDCHARGER UP and away from cover

BLASTERGears ! Oh, man ....(looks up)

HIS P.O.V. - WINDCHARGERas several of Cyclonus' planes JET THROUGH HIM, ~RING HIM TOPIECES which rain down on Blaster's position

BLASTERas arm, leg , torso of Windcharger rain down

BLASTERI think the time has come tohide my pride and .... run!

Blaster RUNS followed by Mirage and other in Autobot party asthey dodge behind rubble and duck as WALL OF CITY COMES FALLINGin the way of their pursuers and weCUT TO HOT ROD, ARCEE AND DANIEL BEHIND COVER

What's incredibly cool is that the script is being offered up for free download via the Disciples of Boltax site. We've mirror a copy HERE at Seibertron.com with Jim's permission. The original script will be auctioned off at a later time with the proceeds set to go to the Hasbro Children's Hospital. As soon as we know more details about the auction, we'll let you know.

A distraught Ultra Magnus nods, reaches out with free hand, pointsforefinger at Optimus Prime's chest. A GLOWING BEAM SHINES FROMFINGER TO CHEST, and then in a SUNBURST EFFECT -like opening a dooron Heaven - a DOOR IN PRIME'S CHEST OPENS REVEALING A PURE WHITELIGHT and a COLUMN OF THAT LIGHT GOES FROM OPTIMUS' CHEST acrossto similar spot on Ultra Magnus' chest where a SIMILAR DOOR OPENSto let that column of light in. Then Optimus Prime's LIFE SPARKFLOATS OUT - the Life Spark is a glowing, pulsating, visiblecreature of pure, radiant energy in the form of a miniature OptimusPrime. Accompanied by ETHEREAL, BELL LIKE SOUNDS, the Life S~arkgoes from Prime's chest to Ultra Magnus' chest, the chest doorsCLOSE AND ETHEREAL LIGHT AND SOUNDS STOP. optimus Prime lies back witha contented sigh, his face and entire body bathed in etherealafterglow which bonds him faintly with Ultra Magnus

Now we know why a white Optimus is inside Magnus.

I'm reading it, and there are some cool scenes that could have made it to the movie, or some expanded edition.

ANGLE ON BASE OF AUTOBOT CITY - ANIBOTSas they pick themselves out of rubble and from various fights inprogr~ss and INTERLOCK to create a huge, DRAGON LIKE MECHANO-BEASTwhich BREATHES LIGHTNING BOLTS which emerge from it's maw likethe stylized ocean waves in a Japanese print

The other day, we shared a unique piece of Transformers history with you-a draft script written in 1985 for Transformers The Movie, the animated film released in 1986. This script was part of a collection of memorabilia that was purchased by Jim Sorenson, our friend at the Disciples of Boltax blog, and several other collectors. Now Jim shares with us another piece of movie history with us; the Hasbro Transformers Briefing Binder that was given to Ron Friedman, writer of the 1986 film, to introduce him to the current characters in the Transformers universe to assist him in creating the story for the film. The original document is a huge collection of images, bios, comments, and even retail pricing for nearly all of the original Generation One characters, including some early design variations like Megatron's under-sized head and Rumble's rounded gun just to name a few.

Because of the size of the document, it's being uploaded to the Disciples of Boltax blog in several parts. Three of them are currently available and if more become available, we'll post a news update to let you know. You can download and view them at this link HERE.

And as with the Draft Script, the Briefing Binder will be auctioned off at a later date with the proceeds benefiting The Hasbro Children's Hospital.

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A distraught Ultra Magnus nods, reaches out with free hand, pointsforefinger at Optimus Prime's chest. A GLOWING BEAM SHINES FROMFINGER TO CHEST, and then in a SUNBURST EFFECT -like opening a dooron Heaven - a DOOR IN PRIME'S CHEST OPENS REVEALING A PURE WHITELIGHT and a COLUMN OF THAT LIGHT GOES FROM OPTIMUS' CHEST acrossto similar spot on Ultra Magnus' chest where a SIMILAR DOOR OPENSto let that column of light in. Then Optimus Prime's LIFE SPARKFLOATS OUT - the Life Spark is a glowing, pulsating, visiblecreature of pure, radiant energy in the form of a miniature OptimusPrime. Accompanied by ETHEREAL, BELL LIKE SOUNDS, the Life S~arkgoes from Prime's chest to Ultra Magnus' chest, the chest doorsCLOSE AND ETHEREAL LIGHT AND SOUNDS STOP. optimus Prime lies back witha contented sigh, his face and entire body bathed in etherealafterglow which bonds him faintly with Ultra Magnus

Now we know why a white Optimus is inside Magnus.

I'm reading it, and there are some cool scenes that could have made it to the movie, or some expanded edition.

Everything about this suggests inuendo to me, hahaha. *Braces for return-fire*

THE POWERS OF DARKNESS ARE A MORE POWERFUL WEAPON THAN ALL THE TOYS YOUR SCIENCE CAN MUSTERDie, Autobots!

Last week, we featured a story about one of the rare pieces of Transformers history posted to the Disciples of Boltax Blog; the Hasbro Briefing Binder for the 1986 animated, feature film. The binder, a collection of artwork, character bios, product images, and additional notes, was given to Ron Friedman, writer of the 1986 film, to assist him during the creation of the movie's storyline. On Thursday, Jim Sorenson updated the blog with two more downloadable PDFs, both installments coming from the same tab in the Binder. Some interesting bits of information from this latest update include:

- Jetfire was originally named Fireball and was originally going to be the Autobot Aerospace Commander.- According to the document, Sludge was originally named Piledrive.- The binder included images of Takara's Dinosaur Robo box art for four of the original Dinobots. Swoop was not included.

Jim has been gracious enough to let us mirror these latest updates to our Seibertron.com servers for easy access for our members and guests.

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